Clarion 1971-12-10 Vol 47 No 07

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Christians, consider . . .
~Without religion there • IS no culture'
by Mark Steward
The dilemma Df the nDn-IndIan wDrld, according to' Ed
McGaa, Assistant DirectDr Df Indian EducatiDn Df MinnesDta,
is due to' a lack Df respect fDr MDther Earth, "frDm whDm
we have all cDme."
McGaa, an Ogdala SiDUX with a DoctDl'ate Df Jurispru­dence,
spDke to' the Bethel cDmmunity in a cDnvocatiDn, Thurs­day,
NDV. 18.
"Indian religiDn is cDming back,' said McGaa, "and that's
gDDd because it is very impDrtant to' Dur way Df life. WithDut
religiDn YDU have nO' culture."
McGaa explained the cDncept Df "Mother Earth" by say­ing,
"MDther Earth is Dur real mother because every bit Df
us truly comes from her and daily she takes care Df us. It is
very late but still time to' rediscDver the Did American Indian
value Df respect fDr 'MDther Earth.' YDU say eCDIDgy, but we
think 'MDther Earth' has a deeper meaning. If we wish to'
survive, we must respect her."
McGaa cited several examples Df the Indian's respect fDr
'MDther Earth', including the Indian custDm Df saying to' ani­mals
befDre killing them, "Forgive me brDther, but my peDple
must live." McGaa cDntrasted this with deer hunters of to' day,
and said, "Let the beautiful deer live unless YDU really need
his meat to' live."
In commenting Dn Christianity, McGaa said, "We dDn't
believe in missiDnaries. We aren't criticizing you Christians;
we're just saying that we have Dur religiDn and want to' be
left aIDne. ' Keep YDur Christianity. YDur missionaries have
been mean to' us in taking Durchildren to' missiDn SChDOls
and DUt Df the home and family fDr 10 mDnths Df the year."
Challenging the audience to' a debate Dn Christianity
and Indian religion, McGaa said, "An DId SiDUX whO' cDuld
barely speak English, and myself, debated seven missiDnaries
in WashingtDn state. It was SO' easy fDr us that it was like
shDDting ducks in a barrel."
AccDrding to' McGaa, DUt Df 265 treaties made with whites,
the Indians brDke nDne, but when Ind~ans in FIDrida helped
shelter black slaves, the army mDved in Dn them.
The American Indian, said McGaa, had a way of living
that enabled him to' live within the great cDmplete beauty
that Dnly the natural envirDnment can prDvide. "The Indian
tribes had a CDmmon value system and a cDmmDnality Df
religiDn withDUt religiDus animosity that preserved that great
beauty that man definitely needs," he added.
McGaa said Indian religion is based Dn fDur command­ments
given to them by the Great Spirit. The commandments
call for respect for 'Mother Earth', respect for the 'Great Spir­it',
respect fDr fellow man, and respect fDr individual freedom.
McGaa also explained the meaning Df the four sacred
Indian colors and directions and said, "All good things come
from these sacred directions. These sacred dlrection& Dr
colDrs also stand for the four races Df man - red, white,
black and yellow men. We cannot be a prejudiced peDple
because all men are brothers. He who is prejudiced and
hates another because Df his cDIDr hates what the Great
Spirit has put here. A person's f.ace in old age will reveal if
he loved his fellow man or not."
McGaa acknowledged that the white man has made many
valuable contributions such as large-scale agriculture, CDm­mon
languages, and forms of rapid transportation and com"
munication, but emphasized the dangers of the "white man's
materialism to excess." "I will never cease respecting the
old Indian values, especially our four commandments and
values of generDsity and sharing. Keep thDse material gDDds
you need to' exist. Be more sharing and generDus," he said.
McGaa held up his belt as an example of the beauty Df
Indian handcraft and said peDple shDuld make things with
their hands to give to' friends.
He also suggested that the audience develop more respect
fDr the aged and the family traditiDn. "There are toO' many
Americans with three cars in the garage and their grand­parents
in an old folk's hDme," said McGaa.
"The Great Spirit," said McGaa, "loves all his children
equally although he must be disturbed at times with thDse
of his children who have raped and pillaged 'Mother Earth'
because they worshipped gold or green as their sacred colDrs
and placed materialistic acquisitiDn as their gDd even to the
point of enslaving their fellow man so that they may own
and possess more material goods.
"We must go back to the old Indian ways," McGaa CDn­cluded,
"especially in this day of drugs, tranquilizers, prisDns,
jails, rigid boundaries, germ warfare, and ' cDmplete annihila­tion
weapons such as the hydrDgen bomb."
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"Come ye' out
and be separate .... "
Christian Distinctiveness
What does this mean?
God demands it .. .
Satan hates it ... .
Bethel encourages it ..
Another pious platitude that means nothing to today's
secular society?
Ed McGaa said, "Without religion there is no culture."
Pete Steen said, "All life is religion."
How do we view life?
Do we understand the meaning of these seemingly very
simple statements?
As a people, we tend to see life in two parts ... namely
sacred-secular, Christ-culture, church-world, subjective-objec­tive,
etc. We fail to see life as one piece, as a coherent whole.
Right in the beginning we limi·t God's rule to one area of life.
No?
Let's look . . .
In every civilization we see religion forming the culture,
even in Western Civilization. In India we see the way the
Hindu religion has shaped the way they act, think, live, love,
work, make friends ... in Japan we saw the religion Shinto·
ism push Japan into world war, now we see the Japanese drop­ping
the religion of old, becoming Wes'ternized because they
have changed to the religion of the West ... even the Amer­ican
Indian's way of life was and is his religion.
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Non-Western man recognizes this relationship. When he
becomes a Christian he rejects his old religion and culture.
He accepts the tenets of the faith, but what culture? He
can't accept his own because he recognizes it as antithetical to
his new faith, so he tries the western culture and we
can't understand why in a few years he is no longer a
Christian.
Western Civilization's culture is derived from a religion,
but that religion is not Christianity. We have no Christian
culture. No Western man has managed to live in a dualism,
professing one way of life and living out another. I think
if we look hard we will see that the religion of Humanism is
truly guiding our culture. This religion contends that man's
reason reigns supreme.
No?
How do we work in our culture? We make appeals to man's
reason. Reason becomes "objectivity," and to be reasonable
means to be "abjective." You can't make appeals to Christi­anity,
because that's "subjective" and no one wants to be that.
The Humanist would say that Christianity is a "private" belief, .
like the belief that your wife is the most beautiful woman in
the world . .. SO WHAT!
And what have we done?
We've said, "Yup!" Christianity is a personal experience
(this is true, but is only part of the Truth).
The Humanist says, "Let's keep politics non·religious."
What he is really saying is, "Accept my religion of reason
and then you can become involved in politics." We have al­lowed
him to push us out of all areas of life and into the tiny
sector called "private moml affairs," while we let him walk
unchallenged in Western Civilization.
We must unmask Humanism for what it is, by developing
a Christian culture. I did not say perfect finished product
culture. We are sinful beings, everything we do will not be
perfect, sinless. However, the Spirit of God gives us direction
in all areas of life. This is God's good creation. This is His
creation that He is reconciling back to Himself through Jesus
Christ. We are to be workers in the Kingdom of God, work­ing
to establish His rule in all sectors of life.
Another pious platitude?
Not at all, for once we realize that nothing in life is
independent of one's religious heart commitment - that "all
life is religion" and "without religion there is no culture" -
then we can start to show the Humanist the religious presuppo­sitions
of his faith, and begin to develop a truly God honoring
culture by living out of His Word. And isn't that what being
a Christian is all about?
January 29th, Janice K. Rolfs and I will speak our marriage
vows at the First Baptist Church in Lorraine, Kansas. The whole
Bethel Community is invited to witness the most happy day in
my life .
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Colloquy needs change of content,
consistent writing analysis
by Marshall Shelley
Recently, in one of the weekly freshman colloquy ses­sions
in the gym, the whole colloquium course was evaluated.
Dr. Mason's argumentation class made up the panel, which
discussed the strengths and weaknesses of this year's colloquy.
Individuals from the audience also had an opportunity to
express their views on the subjec1t. The conclusion made
during the session was that although the basic goals and
concepts behind colloquy are good and valuable, improve­ments
must be made if the students are going to learn anything
worthwhile from it. In my opinion, this is an accurate evalua­tion.
Some parts of colloquy must be changed to make the
course meaningful
Goals of colloquy included such things as helping the
student adjust to college life, broaden his insights on life,
get to know and relate to others, improve student-teacher
relationships, question attitudes toward a liberal arts educa­tion,
gain a faith· in-learning experience, and develop skills
in researching problems. In the survey that the argumenta­tion
class took of freshmen, only one of the goals was indi­cated
to have been reached by a majority of those returning
the survey. That was g~tting to know and relating to others.
The only other goal that was anywhere close to being success­ful,
according to the survey, was questioning present attitudes.
Colloquy teachers said there seemed to be a general lack 0·£
interest toward the content of the colloquy discussions. Texts
and discussion topics did not seem to apply to the students,
they said. This and the Pass - No Pass grading system were
offered as possible reasons for the failure of colloquy to
achieve all its goals this year.
In sugges1ting an alternative, we must realize that there
were many good aspects of colloquy which should be retained.
The student-teacher ratio was definitely a positive aspect. This
should be retained. The informal atmosphere should also be
retained. This was a major reason for the reaching of the
goal of getting to know others The goals themselves were
also noble and should be retained.
There are many changes thalt must be made, however.
to make colloquy meaningful to the students. Content is the
biggest thing that must be changed. Topics this year did not
seem to apply to Bethel freshmen; the studenlts cou~d not
relate to them. Readings in the text held little interest to the
students. Students were no't able to see how the readings
were applicable to their own personal situation. Topics were
perhaps "relevant to today," but were not relevant to indi­viduals.
Another setback was the lack of structure. Teachers
were not really sure how Ito teach the class. As Fred Ogimachi
of the argumentation class said in his evaluation, "Teachers
must be disciplined before they can discipline students." This
is very true. This problem may disappear with time, however,
as the teachers gain experience with the course and realize
what direction they want their classes to take.
One suggestion for a better course content is to make
the course more like a structured philosophy or humanities
course. A structured curriculum is needed. This would still
help satisfy the goals of broadening the student's mind and
questioning his attitudes. There would also be opportunity
to relate Christianity to everyday life. Christianity was not
emphasized enough in colloquy this year. The large group
sessions of colloquy could be retained, but they should be
early in the week so they could be discussed in individual
classes the next day. Having the sessions in the gym on Friday
made it harder to discuss the sessions in class because much
is forgotten over a weekend.
Another purpose of colloquy is to make sure that each
student entering Bethel has a minimum level of writing pro­ficiency.
This is a good and necessary goal, but the way this
proficiency was met this year was unfair to both the school
and the students. From talking to several freshmen, it soon
became apparent that the papers that were turned in for collo­quy
were graded very inconsistently. Freshmen fortunate
enough to have English professors as colloquy teachers had
a much more qualifed analysis of their writing than did those
who had for instance, art teachers for colloquy.
One possible solution for this failing would be to have the
members of the advanced writing class or senior English ma­jors
analyze the papers. This way, the English department
and those students with an interesrt: and probably more talent
in writing would be judging the writing levels and offering
suggestions for improvement. The class would have practi­cal
learning experience and the colloquy students would have
a more consis·tent analysis of their papers. Hopefully, each
of the graders would use the same standards for marking the
papers.
Colloquy is a good idea, but changes must be made to make
it meaningful for the students. The course does help the
student get adjusted to college. However, the content of this
year's colloquy, I think, was very poor. The way the writing
proficiency requirement was met was also poor. These areas
must be revamped before next year's freshment take col­loquy.
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When the Festival of Christmas began
15 years ago, it was a small college com­munity
program. The Festival has since
grown to be recognized throughout the
area as a strong, vital celebration of the
birth of Jesus and made what may have
been its last presentation on the present
S1. Paul campus last weekend.
This year's Festival, involving close
to a third of the student body, centered
around the theme of "The Perfect
Gift" presented through sound and the
visual arts. The Art and Music Depart­ments
shared efforts again this year in
presenting a rich program of brass,
voice, and harp accompanied by a multi­media
presentation. The 160 voiced Fes­tival
Choir, made up of the Men's Chorus,
Women's Choir, and College Choir, along
with the College Band and guest harpist,
presented selections of music from trad­itional
carol to contemporary folk num­bers.
The Art Department presented an
accompanying light and film show richly
depicting the birth of Christ as the per­fect
gift to man and the challenge of
each man giving to his brother from
himself.
"The Perfect Gift" sought to reach
into the community and assist the less
fortunate by asking the visiting aud­ience
and the college community to
bring a gift of non-perishable food
which the Student Senate distributed to
the Union Gospel Mission and commun­ities
in the St. Paul area.
Dr. Julius Whitinger, chairman of
the music department, estimated cumu­lative
attendance for the Friday night,
Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon
performances to be approximately 4500.
"After paying such expenses as rental
and maintenance of the fieldhouse, and
12:30 a.m.
Sun. thru Thurs.
gift~
dividing our profits with the Art Depart­ment,
we'll probably gain slightly less
than $1,000," Dr. Whitinger said "As all
this money goes back to students in the
form of scholarships, we often wish the
Festival could draw more money."
The Art Department began work on
their part of the Festival two months
ago by searching for pictures and paint­ings
appropriate for Christmas to be
'transformed into slides. During the
performance two slide projectors were
used, with a dissolving unit between
to fade pictures in and out.
"We didn't want the slides to be
merely illustrations for the music," ex��plained
Dale Johnson, Instructor in Art
who had a large part in · putting the
program together. "They were meant to
complement the music and perhaps tie
the program together by repetition of
slides in key places."
Finale for the program, "A Fantasy of
Carols," was written by Associate Pro­fessor
of Music C. Eddie Thomas. He
was assigned the project last spring of
composing a piece built on Christmas
carols with which to end the program.
"The piece was supposed to last 15
minutes, which meant it had to have
variety to sustain audience interest. My
main idea was to work together fam­iliar
carols in a way that would tell the
Christmas story in sequence," Mr. Thom­as
said.
"Actually, the carols fell together
fairly easily. I just heard them in my
mind. After listening to them over and
over again for so many years, it isn't
difficult to hear them, of course, so
that helped."
Another decision easy for Mr. Thomas
was to "make the ending of the Fantasy
very big.
"I didn't want the audience to have
any doubt as to when the end was com­ing.
I wanted it to be an inexpressible
experience that said in music what
we all believe as Christians," Mr. Thomas
explained.
Both departments expressed satisfac­tion
with the way the Festival went.
"I think our program this year re­ceived
an enthusiastic response," said
Dr. Whitinger. "We received 1,000 arti­cles
of non-perishable food and it turned
out to be the kind of community effort
we hoped it would be."
Coeval ~evil' in name only
by Mark Steward
A couple of weeks ago, another pile
of those publications entitled, "Coeval,"
appeared on a chair in the coffee shop.
I decided I would find out more about
this wierd, four-page, poetry mag, and
since rumor had it that Dave Heikkila
was responsible for it, I looked him up.
The first problem to be tackled was the
corny word, "Coeval." According to
Heikkila, who is the editor of the
Coeval, it means "contemporary, or to­gether
at the same time." Prior to 1962,
Bethel's literary publication was known
as the Acorn.
Although not funded during the last
school year, Heikkila said the Coeval
was granted $100, to cover printing
costs, under the student association
activities fund.
Heikkila, a junior English major,
said the Coeval's function is to entertain
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Heikkla said he is n'Ow accepting
sh'Ort st'Ory, essay, and p'Oetry submis­si'Ons,
especially th'Ose 'Of a religi'Ous
nature. The phil'Osophy 'Of what is ac­ceptable
changes fr'Om year to. year,
acc'Ording to. Heikkila, but a l'Ot 'Of the
phil'Os'Ophy is set by traditi'On.
"Each editor adds his 'Own flav'Or
but pe'Ople expect certain things," c'Om­mented
Heikkila. "F'Or example, Maur­ice
Zaffke, C'Oeval edit'Or during the
'69-'70 sch'O'Ol year, preferred sh'Orter
f'Orms, but I'm trying to' include all
f'Orms."
Describing the C'Oeval as "an exten­si'On
'Of life that permits the sharing 'Of
experiences," Heikkila said, "The C'Oeval
is an expressi'On 'Of what we are as
pe'Ople - including 'Our feelings and
s'Ouls. We take an h'Onest l'O'Ok at 'Our­selves
and share the experience in the
h'Ope 'Others might learn fr'Om it
"We h'Ope to' get 'Out an issue every
m'Onth this year but a l'Ot 'Of c'Ontrib­ut'Ors
graduated last year sO. we have
been sh'Ort 'On material. Barring pr'Ob­lems
such as lack 'Of material and lack
'Of time, we sh'Ould have an issue 'Out
during the last week 'Of every m'Onth.
We usually print between three and
f'Our hundred c'Opies 'Of each issue."
When asked ab'Out cens'Orship, Heikkila
said a limited type 'Of subjective cen­s'Orship
'Occurs to' c'Ontr'Ol the am'Ount
'Of physical and sensual material that
might be 'Offensive.
If y'Ou haven't read a C'Oeval bef'Ore,
watch the chairs in the c'Offee sh'Op f'Or
c'Opies and give it a try.
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£/ke SII(JW OUS/HeSS
by Marshall Shelley
All students want 'a maj'Or winter
s'Ocial activity acc'Ording to' a recent
survey taken by the campus c'O'Ordina­t'Or's
'Office three weeks ago..
Even th'Ough unanim'Ous supp'Ort was
expressed, there was a wide range 'Of
'Opini'Ons ab'Out what the Sn'O-Daze act­ivity
sh'Ould be.
Only 34 per cent 'Of th'Ose surveyed
wanted Sn'O-Daze to' remain the three­day
activity it was last year while 49
per cent wanted twO. days, 10 per cent
wanted 'One day and seven per cent
wanted m'Ore than three days.
Half 'Of the students didn't want a
Sn'O-Daze queen; 41 per cent did, and
nine per cent didn't care.
Many suggesti'Ons were 'Offered f'Or
p'Ossible activities. Ice and sn'Ow sculp­turing,
br'Oomball, sleigh and hayrides,
sledding, t'Ob'Ogganing, sn'Owm'Obiling and
a skiing party were the m'Ost frequently
'Offered p'Ossibilities.
Other ideas were a h'Ockey game, a
p'OP-drinking c'Ontest, roasting pigs 'Out­side,
r'Oller skating, iee skating on Lake
Valentine, a faculty-seni'Or basketball
game, a sn'Owball fight be,tween the
vari'Ous d'Orm fl'O'Ors and faculty, a
talent-skit show, 'Open d'Orms, tug-'Of­war,
sn'Owsh'Oe races and pIaying s'Occer
and f'O'Otball in the sn'Ow. A barn dance,
a treasure hunt, a m'Ovie, a banquet,
and a buffet supper with sn'Ow-c'Ones
f'Or dessert were 'Other suggesti'Ons.
A c'Ontest f'Or the guy with the sh'Ortest
hair, a st'Ory-telling contest, a snake
dance,a pancake eating c'Ontest, a tri­cycle
race, a beard c'Ontest, were sug­gested
as well as "every'One get t'Ogether
and make the biggest sn'Owman in the
w'Orld in the middle 'Of the campus."
Several pe'Ople requested n'Ot to' have
a date f'Or all three nights and to' have
inf'Ormal sessi'Ons. Others, h'Owever,
wanted a f'Ormal banquet in additi'On
to' the spring f'Ormal 'Occasi'On. Many
also. requested that musical talent 'On
campus be all'Owed to' perf'Orm m'Ore.
Bill Ankerberg said the survey did
have an effect 'On the planning 'Of this
year's Sn'O-Daze. Several suggesti'Ons f'Or
activities are being c'Onsidered f'Or use
. during Sn'O-Daze.
The campus c'O'Ordinat'Or also. said
Sn'O-Daze is n'Ow planned f'Or Feb. 10,
11 and 12. There will n'Ot be as much
emphasis 'On dating as in previ'Ous
years. The activities will be m'Ore infor­mal.
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award, in the 'Opinion 'Of the
yearbQQk staff, is the most important
and gratifying. In an interview, Mar­ty
Mauk, last year's editQr, explained,
"FQr us this was the height 'Of 'Our
wishes. The ACP is the largest and
most prestigiQus QrganizatiQn which
deals in jQurnalistic quality. Out 'Of
all the schQQls whO' sent bQoks to' ACP
to' be critiqued, 'Only ten received this
highest ranking. TO' realize that Beth-el
ranked in the top ten schQQls in
the natiQn is mQre than we expected."
PrQbably the most impQrtant aspect
'Of this award is that Bethel is the
first schQQl in the history 'Of the
ACP to receive an All-American
rating for a box format instead 'Of a
traditional book.
Judges whO' evaluated the bo.x nQted
fQur areas 'Of superiQr achievement.
These included phQtography, CQPy
display and concept. The display by,
means 'Of special laYQuts and creative
CQPy was considered the strQngest
PQint. One judge CQmmented in his
critique, "YQur 'Overall apprQach was
very prQfessiQnal. YQur laYQuts are
dynamic, exciting, creative, and inter­esting!
After seeing the tQtal package
I realize your concept was exciting,
comprehensive, carefully planned and
cQncientiQusly carried out. CQngratu­lations
on being the first to' receive
such an award."
The U. 'Of M. branch of the American
CQllegiate Press has requested use 'Of
the 1971 SPIRE as an instructiQnal
guide 'On creativity, to' be part 'Of an
educational videO' tape fQr high
schQQls and colleges. It is presently
lending cQpies 'Of Bethel's yearbQx to'
high schQQls and colleges as an ex­ample
'Of creativity in annual publi­catiQns.
The SPIRE has also received tQP
honQrs frQm twO' 'Other QrganizatiQns:
CQlumbia Press AssQciatiQn and Na­tiQnal
SchQQI YearboQk AssQciatiQn.
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Hare I(rishna, eastern religions,
explained by missionary Buker
by Toni Magnuson
"Hare Krishna" and the religions
of India was the topic of a lecture and
question period with Ray Buker, Jr.
last week. Buker, raised in Burma and
educated in India, is presently on an
extended furlough from West Pakistan
where he has served for 15 years with
the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mis­sions
Society. His job is to represent
his board on college and university
campuses "from Berkeley to Bethel,"
recruiting and also lecturing on the
current movements towards Eastern re­ligions
and the Occult among U.S. stu­dents.
Two Hare Krishna leaders from the
U. of M. were also present for the
lecture, demonstrating the Hare Krish­na
chant for the group.
Buker began his lecture by intro­ducing
the Eastern religions Hare Krish­na,
Yoga, Transcendental Meditation,
Zen, and Soko Gokkai, all with Hindu
background, and also Bahai and Black
Muslim.
Hare Krishna's basic doctrines in­clude
Nirvana, the ultimate state where
one's soul is absorbed into the world's
soul, Karma, as systems of merits, and
reincarna Hon.
Followers of Eastern religions' be­lieve,
according to Buker, that a man
will be reincarnated to a higher or
lower form at his death, depending upon
the amount of Karma he has built up
during his lifetime. Two of their highest
reincarnated forms are the cow and the
rat. Buker attributes this as a major
cause for famine in India. Not only do
people refrain from eating beef, but
rats and cattle legally protected against
death are depleting the supply of grain
urgently needed for India's starving
millions.
Why have the Eastern religions such
as Hare Krishna received such a wide
following? According to Buker, it is
Have Pampers hit CROe bottom?
College students across the country
are being asked to support a movement
to try to ridicule irritating and obnox­ious
television commercials off the air.
Bill Bentzin, Minneapolis public re­lations
man and founder of' the Com­mittee
for Rejection of Obnoxious Com­mercials
(CROC), launched the cam­paign
Nov. 10 in a talk to the
Mankato State College Marketing Club
in Mankato, Minn.
CROC was formed in September in
Minneapolis, and now has more than
1,000 members from coast to coast. The
organization hopes to improve the qual­ity
of television commercials by calling
attention to the bad ones, at the same
time recognizing some of those which
CROC members feel are good.
Main activity of CROC will be a
balloting by members in the spring to
name the "10 Biggest CROCs of the
Year" - the 10 worst TV commercials
of the season. CROC award winners
will be nationally publicized.
"There seem to be enough bad TV
commercials to offend just about every­one.
We've got memberships from the
grade school set to retirees," 'says Bent­zin.
"College students I've talked with
feel very strongly about improving com­mercials.
They're much too sophisti­cated
to be impressed by the ridiculous
ten
things that some of the agencies re­sort
to in commercials."
Membership in CROC costs $1, and all
college student members get eight "Your
Commercial is a CROC" prot.est cards
to send to companies sponsoring bad
commercials to let them know they may
be heading for a CROC award; a mem­bership
card; a "Let's Get CROCed To­gether"
button, and a "Crush Revoltingly
Obnoxious Commercials" poster, plus
the right to join in the spring voting.
The poster, covered with graffiti about
current TV commercials, was created
by a Minneapolis College of Art and
Design student. Graffito was contribut­ed
by several persons concerning their
favorite CROC candidates.
To receive all CROC material and get
on the spring ballot list, students send
$1 to COLLEGE CROC, Box 1022C,
Minneapolis, Minn. 55440.
College students also are being asked
to participate in a "CROC art" contest
to create a new poster for the organi­zation.
The "CROC art" competition is
open to any college student and has a
. first prize of $100 for the best poster
capturing creatively and imaginatively
the goals of the organization. Second
prize is $50 and third prize, $25.
Judges for the "CROC art" contest
will be Jay Belloli, assistant curator,
because they have brought in an empha­sis
on meditation and chanting. Students
do not trust the l"ational any more, and
the counter culture's reaction against
science and technology has been a
turn inward. Today the psychic has be­come
more important than the physical.
"Meditation and chanting," said Buk­er,
"produce a trip almost identical
to LSD. It is a psychic separation from
the body; a sort of self-hypnosis."
Buker pointed out the irony in equal­ity-
minded U.S. young people's accept­ance
of Hindu-based religions so en­trenched
in the caste system. Most don't
realize that a woman is one of the lowest
possible forms, with virtually no rights.
As he explained, however, only the
chanting and meditation are emphasized.
Most followers aren't really aware of
what they actually believe. For them
it is another means of escapism - an­other
high; another search. And follow­ing
this,continued Buker, is the Occult
movement and the whole realm of
spiritism now gaining increasing popu­larityamong
students.
In comparison, Buker cited that all
religions originated in Asia with a
Supreme Being, some type of ethical
system, an after life, the concept of
"'do' gets you to heaven, 'don't' leads
to hell," and man's inability to live up
to the law. Religions, he said, are man
running life and the world his way. Only
Christianity is not a religion. It is life
based on trust in Jesus Christ alone.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Mrs.
Howard Kaerwer, former lecturer at
The Mineapolis Institute of Arts and
instructor of art history and culture at
the University of Minnesota, and Evan
Maurer, assistant to the director, cur­ator,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Posters should be done in black and
white. Choice of media and size is open,
however consideration should be given
to possible photographic reproduction
and use in a 17x22 inch size.
Entries should be sent to CROC art,
Box 1022CA, Minneapolis, Minn. 55440,
postmarked no later than Dec. 15, 1971,
'and arriving no later than Dec. 20,
1971. Winning entries become the prop­erty
of CROC and other entries will not
be returned unless accompanied by a
postage paid, self-addressed envelope.
Decision of the judges is final. Winners
will be notified by Jan. 31, 1972.
Missionary defends US
presence in Viet Nam
Editor's note: In a effort to keep the Bethel community
aware of those issues in which they are involved, the following
letter is submitted for their consideration. This letter ap­peared
in the Nov. 16 issue of the' Westmont College
newspaper HORIZON. The letter is from a young lady who
is presently doing mission work in Vietnam, it is addressed to
one of the faculty members of the Westmont campus. It offers
a "unique view in regards to the thorny S.E. Asia situation."
Dear Dr. and Mrs. Lynip,
I do not agree with the odd type of reasoning which says
that because we have had a Galley, all the U.S soldiers are
sadists and should be withdrawn from Vietnam. The presence
of the U.S. soldiers here has saved thousands of South Vietna­mese
from being killed and tortured by Communist troops. I
could detail some atrocities that happened to some Bru friends
when northern troops over-ran their villages - undefended,
noncombatant villages, but I will spare you. They were not
so fortunate as to be shot quickly. The Lord Jesus said,
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends." Some thousands of young American
men have given their lives here in Vietnam to help save
South Vietnam from the Communists. Is their sacrifice negated
by a Calley? The perverted reasoning of all of the malcon­tents
at home in blaming all of America's social ills from
drug addiction to poverty to prison riots, on the war in Vietnam
is to me only one more indication of the s'l2iriltual blindness
which is spreading over the States (and sadly in places of
high responsibility) like a poisonous mushroO'm.
So far as knowing of many acts of lovingkindness down
here by U.S. soldiers, I persO'nally know of many. Had it not
been for the U.S. military, 44 of us at Kontum (translators,
Vietnamese helpers and tribal helpers) would have perished
on the night of Tet '68 when the Communist troops overran
the WBT workshop center on their way to attack the U.S
military compound. The U.S. military could have left us
with perfect justification, but they airlifted us out in choppers
ten minutes before the northern attack began and put us
into the bunkers in the center of the compound for greatest
safety. And I think God honored them for that action, be'cause
despite the savage intensity O'f that attack - 12 hours of
attack during which we had no air support and during which
350 men fought off several thousand atta'ckers - not one man
on the compound was lost - that night nor the next two
nights of attack.
It is too bad you could not have been with me during my
four months alt Quang Tri City when I was taking Bru children
into the children's hospital operated by the Marines. It was
absolutely unbelievable some of the inventions the yO'ung
Marine medics came up with to save the lives of the many
babies, mostly Vietnamese who were brO'ught in with lung
infections - the rainy seasO'n up nO'rth takes the little ones
off at a sad rate with pneumonia, or combinatiO'ns of pneumonia
with malaria. Those young Marine kids rigged up all sorts
of "tin can" inhalators and personally babysat those infants
thrO'ugh to life. Their loving concern for their little charges
was an impressive thing to see. That childrens' hospital did
more to combat aU the falsehoods which had been ingrained
into the simple country fishermen and farmers who live
in that pLUvince than any amount of written propaganda
would have done. There are undoubtedly dozens, if not hun-dreds,
of children and teenagers alive and walking around
in Quang Tri Province today because of the compassion of
some of the U.S. military here.
The soldiers in the Khe Sahn area never failed to be
moved by the Bru children whom we taught and by the long
lines of people who came daily for medical help. Some sent
home to their wives for special gifts; some gave us their own
Christmas boxes of goodies. When vehides were scarce and
tension stij)f at one period, one young medic walked two
miles alone, more than once, to help with the pressing medi­cal
needs. That partIcular boy died later at another camp,
Ashau, because he refused evacuation even after he had been
badly wounded, insisting on staying and helping with wound­ed
(mostly Vietnamese), until he himself received a fatal
wound. I could truthfully go on and on and on, just from
my own personal experiences - maybe someday when it's
safe to the national and tribal people concerned (if God grants
such a wonderful day) I'll write a book.
Those of us who have been here watching our South Viet­namese
friends in their struggle have no doubt at all but
what God has used the U.S. troops to hold off the Commu­nists
for a few years and allow His Word to continue its eternal
life-giving work to those many who have heard and believed
it. We are glad they were sent. The good which has resulted
from their having been here - including both temporal and
eternal good - far outweighs the bad things. Our Bru tribal
folk who have run away from Communist-dominated areas have
this to s'ay: "There are lots of things we don't like about the
way the South Vieltnamese government does things; but they
are much better than the Communists. We have a lot of per­sonal
freedom under the South Vietnamese; there is none
under the Communists."
Further, those of us who have been here in prison, out in
the provinces, knowing what has come on in the areas where
we have lived, feel sick at heart when we read the false
reports and the false beliefs of people who have never touched
foot in Vietnam. We feel even more sick at heart at the false
reports sent in by newspaper reporters who are here in person.
One feels that the largest percent of the world's communi­cation
media must be under Communist control. And some­times
we are tempted to take up the cudgel and start doing
some reporting - but we are always checked by the Lord at
this point. For surely that is just what Satan would like to do
- distract us from the work the Lord has given us to fight
a side battle instead of THE battle. So I limit myself to
trying to answer specific letters from my own acquaintances.
But even in doing this, there is so much we cannot tell lest
we endanger our national friends here
Sooo ... if you ever quote any material from my letters,
please do not use my name - that is, any material with politi­cal
implications. We are named and numbered, and our tribal
and national friends are named and numbered. The organiza­tion
of the Communists is asto¥ishing Some of our Bru have
been sent warnings and descriptions of what is going to' happen
to them when the Communists take over (our language helpers
and teachers), but the love of God and our fellowship in
Christ is stronger than fear, and they keep right on keeping
in touch with us. Just last week we had threats of kidnap
and murder.
Now, lest there be any misunderstanding as to our status,
let me assure you that we are noncombatants. We do not
carry weapons, and we refuse them when occasionally it has
been suggested that we use them. We're not soldiers; God has
given us a different type of work. But we don't think it's
wrong to be soldiers if that is what God has called you to do
... Our objection is to calling all US. forces bad because
of a few bad men. Or to say that they should not be in
Vietnam because of a few bad instances, when they have done
so much good ... finish ... nO' more ... THAT'S ALL
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Caution: Snowmobiling may be
hazardous to your health
by Brenda Barth
Editor's note: Information in this article came from the
"Snowmobiling and the Environment" program sponsored
by the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG)
last Saturday at Macalester. Key speakers of the day were Dr.
Wallace J. Wanek, of the Center for Environmental Studies,
Bemidji State College, whose study of the effects of snowmo­biling
upon vegetation has been presented to a special sub­committee
of the State Legislature; and Dr. William Schmid
of the Zoology Department of the University of Minnesota,
who recently completed a study of snowmobiling effects upon
small mammals. Other speakers included representatives of
snowmobiling clubs, snowmobile manufacturers, conservation
groups, and state and local governments.
Snowmobilers', beware! You may be paying more for your
winter transportation than can be economically measured.
What are you more concerned about: your recreation or the
environment? Our environment is suffering because of snow­mobiles.
Research shows that snowmobiles cause a 100 percent
mortality rate among small animals living underground
wherever they are run. In addition to the animal kingdom,
the plant kingdom shows signs of injury. Snowmobiles cause
severe damage to the trunk, branches, and bark of small trees
and shrubs
Or did you know that you may be harmed by operating
a snowmobile? Besides the probability of an accident, actual
hearing impairments can occur from the noise level of a snow­mobile.
Several snowmobile racers have suffered temporary
hearing losses. This is not to mention the inconvenience the
noise causes those within a 50 yd. range, the distance at which
one is protected from the noise level.
It should be noted that snowmobiling is an obstruction
to other winter sports. Areas that have been packed and blown
by a snowmobile are ruined for the snowshoer, skier, hunter, or
fisherman.
Despite Ithe warnings and evident signs of danger, the
snowmobile is present in mass quantities and magnitude.
Pleasure, in the minds of some people, overpowers responsi­bility.
It is impossible to deny the presence of this mechanized
evil. The next best thing to do is to control its use.
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the
state legislature and municipalities have the responsibility
of regulating snowmobiles. The Department of Natural Re­sources
has declared a set of regulations. They are, however,
incomplete and subject to change. You can be a part of
their change.
If you are concerned about our environment and want
to preserve it, find a recreational outlet other than snowmo­biling.
It is everyone's responsibility to acquaint himself with
the present set of regulations. 1f you feel the need for more
extensive regulation and the enforcement of it, write your
proposal to the Department of Natural Resources, M S.A. 84.86.
It should include:
The Current Regulation
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The reason for the necessity for the change
More can be done to save our natural winter environment
from the curse of snowmobiles.
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by Rich Zaderaka
I received some interesting reactions to my last column.
This is unusual since people around Bethel are generally apa­thetic
towards almost everything. Therefore, I will share
those reactions and comment upon the comments.
R. Lundberg writes: Your slam at the music department
was an atrocious bit of pettiness. I can't agree that students
should be privileged to attend Bethel concerts free of admis­sions.
We feel that our music department is fabulous. One
of the reasons we do charge students admission is to keep
tramps like you from coming.
RETORT: Go crawl in a tuba, fish face! If a student
wants to go to a concert, the admission charge probably won't
hold him back. But it does create an added burden when
you're already shucking out about 2% g's per year.
:;: :;:
R.R. says: Your innuendo on the food service in your last
column was beautiful. You should have seen the garbage they
gave us during Thanksgiving vacation. One day the stuff tasted
like old tennis shoes.
RETORT: From the sound of things, the food service is
probably in cahoots with the athletic department. They pay
a penny a pound for the worn out stuff in the jock shop and
then make a hot dish out of it or barbecue it. Maybe if we're
lucky they'll install a coin operated stomach pump! ..
* *
From an angry Hockey Buff: Bob McAllister, who is a
custodian and drove the football team to the Northland and
River Falls games at great savings to the athletic depart­ment,
wants to help coach Bethel's newly organized hockey
club. He really knows the game well and enjoys working with
the team. "Gooch" Glader doesn't want him to because he
doesn't have a teacher's certificate. After all the ways Bob
has helped the athletic department, Glader must be jealous.
rid-tete
Bob has done more for the department in four months than
Glader has done in ten years.
RETORT: Don't be nasty H.B. - you'll steal the show.
If what you say is true I'd be inclined to agree with your
evaluations. However, since I'm working for the athletic
department.. . no comment.
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Sue asks: In your last column you said Perry Johnson
was all Tri-State Conference and Dave Asp, Steve Conklin,
and John Faust were honorable mention. Why didn't Pastor
Lawson make All-Conference?
RETORT: Pastor Lawson is in the General Baptist Con­ference.
And he doesn't wear shoulder pads either. Besides
that there's no such thing as an all conference minister.
No tuition raise,
more financial
aid for '72 -'73
One of the most important decisions that the Board
of Regents made at its recent meeting, Nov. 30-0ec. 1,
affecting the future plans of students at Bethel was not
to increase tuition for the 1972-73 academic year.
Further, the Board approved a plan to make avail­able
increased amounts for financial aids, making it
))ossible for more students to remain in school as well
as for more students to matriculate in the college.
The total amount for financial aid can only be de­termined
after the various budget demands have been
coordinated by the administration.
Bethel College has the lowest student costs among
the Minnesota private colleges, and one of the lowest
among accredited liberal arts colleges across the na­tion
which are in the evangelical category. In order
that tuition can be kept at this level, contributions
from other sources such as churches, friends and or­ganizations,
must be increased.
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Bruce Barringer was named the Ath­lete
of the Week by the Clarion for
his wrestling performance last week­end.
Barringer is Bethel's only undefeated
wrestler. As of press time, he had won
two matches, defeating his opponent 8-5
against Eau Claire and 7-4 against North­land.
Des Plaines, Ill., is a very knowledgeable
wrestler and understands all aspects
of wrestling very well, according to
his teammates. He is a "leg wrestler."
He depends on his legs for much of his
effectiveness on the mat.
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This is the first such recognition of
athletes this year by the Clarion. This
recognition will continue for the rest of
the school year.
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Christians, consider . . .
~Without religion there • IS no culture'
by Mark Steward
The dilemma Df the nDn-IndIan wDrld, according to' Ed
McGaa, Assistant DirectDr Df Indian EducatiDn Df MinnesDta,
is due to' a lack Df respect fDr MDther Earth, "frDm whDm
we have all cDme."
McGaa, an Ogdala SiDUX with a DoctDl'ate Df Jurispru­dence,
spDke to' the Bethel cDmmunity in a cDnvocatiDn, Thurs­day,
NDV. 18.
"Indian religiDn is cDming back,' said McGaa, "and that's
gDDd because it is very impDrtant to' Dur way Df life. WithDut
religiDn YDU have nO' culture."
McGaa explained the cDncept Df "Mother Earth" by say­ing,
"MDther Earth is Dur real mother because every bit Df
us truly comes from her and daily she takes care Df us. It is
very late but still time to' rediscDver the Did American Indian
value Df respect fDr 'MDther Earth.' YDU say eCDIDgy, but we
think 'MDther Earth' has a deeper meaning. If we wish to'
survive, we must respect her."
McGaa cited several examples Df the Indian's respect fDr
'MDther Earth', including the Indian custDm Df saying to' ani­mals
befDre killing them, "Forgive me brDther, but my peDple
must live." McGaa cDntrasted this with deer hunters of to' day,
and said, "Let the beautiful deer live unless YDU really need
his meat to' live."
In commenting Dn Christianity, McGaa said, "We dDn't
believe in missiDnaries. We aren't criticizing you Christians;
we're just saying that we have Dur religiDn and want to' be
left aIDne. ' Keep YDur Christianity. YDur missionaries have
been mean to' us in taking Durchildren to' missiDn SChDOls
and DUt Df the home and family fDr 10 mDnths Df the year."
Challenging the audience to' a debate Dn Christianity
and Indian religion, McGaa said, "An DId SiDUX whO' cDuld
barely speak English, and myself, debated seven missiDnaries
in WashingtDn state. It was SO' easy fDr us that it was like
shDDting ducks in a barrel."
AccDrding to' McGaa, DUt Df 265 treaties made with whites,
the Indians brDke nDne, but when Ind~ans in FIDrida helped
shelter black slaves, the army mDved in Dn them.
The American Indian, said McGaa, had a way of living
that enabled him to' live within the great cDmplete beauty
that Dnly the natural envirDnment can prDvide. "The Indian
tribes had a CDmmon value system and a cDmmDnality Df
religiDn withDUt religiDus animosity that preserved that great
beauty that man definitely needs," he added.
McGaa said Indian religion is based Dn fDur command­ments
given to them by the Great Spirit. The commandments
call for respect for 'Mother Earth', respect for the 'Great Spir­it',
respect fDr fellow man, and respect fDr individual freedom.
McGaa also explained the meaning Df the four sacred
Indian colors and directions and said, "All good things come
from these sacred directions. These sacred dlrection& Dr
colDrs also stand for the four races Df man - red, white,
black and yellow men. We cannot be a prejudiced peDple
because all men are brothers. He who is prejudiced and
hates another because Df his cDIDr hates what the Great
Spirit has put here. A person's f.ace in old age will reveal if
he loved his fellow man or not."
McGaa acknowledged that the white man has made many
valuable contributions such as large-scale agriculture, CDm­mon
languages, and forms of rapid transportation and com"
munication, but emphasized the dangers of the "white man's
materialism to excess." "I will never cease respecting the
old Indian values, especially our four commandments and
values of generDsity and sharing. Keep thDse material gDDds
you need to' exist. Be more sharing and generDus," he said.
McGaa held up his belt as an example of the beauty Df
Indian handcraft and said peDple shDuld make things with
their hands to give to' friends.
He also suggested that the audience develop more respect
fDr the aged and the family traditiDn. "There are toO' many
Americans with three cars in the garage and their grand­parents
in an old folk's hDme," said McGaa.
"The Great Spirit," said McGaa, "loves all his children
equally although he must be disturbed at times with thDse
of his children who have raped and pillaged 'Mother Earth'
because they worshipped gold or green as their sacred colDrs
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and possess more material goods.
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jails, rigid boundaries, germ warfare, and ' cDmplete annihila­tion
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Christian Distinctiveness
What does this mean?
God demands it .. .
Satan hates it ... .
Bethel encourages it ..
Another pious platitude that means nothing to today's
secular society?
Ed McGaa said, "Without religion there is no culture."
Pete Steen said, "All life is religion."
How do we view life?
Do we understand the meaning of these seemingly very
simple statements?
As a people, we tend to see life in two parts ... namely
sacred-secular, Christ-culture, church-world, subjective-objec­tive,
etc. We fail to see life as one piece, as a coherent whole.
Right in the beginning we limi·t God's rule to one area of life.
No?
Let's look . . .
In every civilization we see religion forming the culture,
even in Western Civilization. In India we see the way the
Hindu religion has shaped the way they act, think, live, love,
work, make friends ... in Japan we saw the religion Shinto·
ism push Japan into world war, now we see the Japanese drop­ping
the religion of old, becoming Wes'ternized because they
have changed to the religion of the West ... even the Amer­ican
Indian's way of life was and is his religion.
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Non-Western man recognizes this relationship. When he
becomes a Christian he rejects his old religion and culture.
He accepts the tenets of the faith, but what culture? He
can't accept his own because he recognizes it as antithetical to
his new faith, so he tries the western culture and we
can't understand why in a few years he is no longer a
Christian.
Western Civilization's culture is derived from a religion,
but that religion is not Christianity. We have no Christian
culture. No Western man has managed to live in a dualism,
professing one way of life and living out another. I think
if we look hard we will see that the religion of Humanism is
truly guiding our culture. This religion contends that man's
reason reigns supreme.
No?
How do we work in our culture? We make appeals to man's
reason. Reason becomes "objectivity," and to be reasonable
means to be "abjective." You can't make appeals to Christi­anity,
because that's "subjective" and no one wants to be that.
The Humanist would say that Christianity is a "private" belief, .
like the belief that your wife is the most beautiful woman in
the world . .. SO WHAT!
And what have we done?
We've said, "Yup!" Christianity is a personal experience
(this is true, but is only part of the Truth).
The Humanist says, "Let's keep politics non·religious."
What he is really saying is, "Accept my religion of reason
and then you can become involved in politics." We have al­lowed
him to push us out of all areas of life and into the tiny
sector called "private moml affairs," while we let him walk
unchallenged in Western Civilization.
We must unmask Humanism for what it is, by developing
a Christian culture. I did not say perfect finished product
culture. We are sinful beings, everything we do will not be
perfect, sinless. However, the Spirit of God gives us direction
in all areas of life. This is God's good creation. This is His
creation that He is reconciling back to Himself through Jesus
Christ. We are to be workers in the Kingdom of God, work­ing
to establish His rule in all sectors of life.
Another pious platitude?
Not at all, for once we realize that nothing in life is
independent of one's religious heart commitment - that "all
life is religion" and "without religion there is no culture" -
then we can start to show the Humanist the religious presuppo­sitions
of his faith, and begin to develop a truly God honoring
culture by living out of His Word. And isn't that what being
a Christian is all about?
January 29th, Janice K. Rolfs and I will speak our marriage
vows at the First Baptist Church in Lorraine, Kansas. The whole
Bethel Community is invited to witness the most happy day in
my life .
REW:
I wish you were here, too!
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Colloquy needs change of content,
consistent writing analysis
by Marshall Shelley
Recently, in one of the weekly freshman colloquy ses­sions
in the gym, the whole colloquium course was evaluated.
Dr. Mason's argumentation class made up the panel, which
discussed the strengths and weaknesses of this year's colloquy.
Individuals from the audience also had an opportunity to
express their views on the subjec1t. The conclusion made
during the session was that although the basic goals and
concepts behind colloquy are good and valuable, improve­ments
must be made if the students are going to learn anything
worthwhile from it. In my opinion, this is an accurate evalua­tion.
Some parts of colloquy must be changed to make the
course meaningful
Goals of colloquy included such things as helping the
student adjust to college life, broaden his insights on life,
get to know and relate to others, improve student-teacher
relationships, question attitudes toward a liberal arts educa­tion,
gain a faith· in-learning experience, and develop skills
in researching problems. In the survey that the argumenta­tion
class took of freshmen, only one of the goals was indi­cated
to have been reached by a majority of those returning
the survey. That was g~tting to know and relating to others.
The only other goal that was anywhere close to being success­ful,
according to the survey, was questioning present attitudes.
Colloquy teachers said there seemed to be a general lack 0·£
interest toward the content of the colloquy discussions. Texts
and discussion topics did not seem to apply to the students,
they said. This and the Pass - No Pass grading system were
offered as possible reasons for the failure of colloquy to
achieve all its goals this year.
In sugges1ting an alternative, we must realize that there
were many good aspects of colloquy which should be retained.
The student-teacher ratio was definitely a positive aspect. This
should be retained. The informal atmosphere should also be
retained. This was a major reason for the reaching of the
goal of getting to know others The goals themselves were
also noble and should be retained.
There are many changes thalt must be made, however.
to make colloquy meaningful to the students. Content is the
biggest thing that must be changed. Topics this year did not
seem to apply to Bethel freshmen; the studenlts cou~d not
relate to them. Readings in the text held little interest to the
students. Students were no't able to see how the readings
were applicable to their own personal situation. Topics were
perhaps "relevant to today," but were not relevant to indi­viduals.
Another setback was the lack of structure. Teachers
were not really sure how Ito teach the class. As Fred Ogimachi
of the argumentation class said in his evaluation, "Teachers
must be disciplined before they can discipline students." This
is very true. This problem may disappear with time, however,
as the teachers gain experience with the course and realize
what direction they want their classes to take.
One suggestion for a better course content is to make
the course more like a structured philosophy or humanities
course. A structured curriculum is needed. This would still
help satisfy the goals of broadening the student's mind and
questioning his attitudes. There would also be opportunity
to relate Christianity to everyday life. Christianity was not
emphasized enough in colloquy this year. The large group
sessions of colloquy could be retained, but they should be
early in the week so they could be discussed in individual
classes the next day. Having the sessions in the gym on Friday
made it harder to discuss the sessions in class because much
is forgotten over a weekend.
Another purpose of colloquy is to make sure that each
student entering Bethel has a minimum level of writing pro­ficiency.
This is a good and necessary goal, but the way this
proficiency was met this year was unfair to both the school
and the students. From talking to several freshmen, it soon
became apparent that the papers that were turned in for collo­quy
were graded very inconsistently. Freshmen fortunate
enough to have English professors as colloquy teachers had
a much more qualifed analysis of their writing than did those
who had for instance, art teachers for colloquy.
One possible solution for this failing would be to have the
members of the advanced writing class or senior English ma­jors
analyze the papers. This way, the English department
and those students with an interesrt: and probably more talent
in writing would be judging the writing levels and offering
suggestions for improvement. The class would have practi­cal
learning experience and the colloquy students would have
a more consis·tent analysis of their papers. Hopefully, each
of the graders would use the same standards for marking the
papers.
Colloquy is a good idea, but changes must be made to make
it meaningful for the students. The course does help the
student get adjusted to college. However, the content of this
year's colloquy, I think, was very poor. The way the writing
proficiency requirement was met was also poor. These areas
must be revamped before next year's freshment take col­loquy.
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When the Festival of Christmas began
15 years ago, it was a small college com­munity
program. The Festival has since
grown to be recognized throughout the
area as a strong, vital celebration of the
birth of Jesus and made what may have
been its last presentation on the present
S1. Paul campus last weekend.
This year's Festival, involving close
to a third of the student body, centered
around the theme of "The Perfect
Gift" presented through sound and the
visual arts. The Art and Music Depart­ments
shared efforts again this year in
presenting a rich program of brass,
voice, and harp accompanied by a multi­media
presentation. The 160 voiced Fes­tival
Choir, made up of the Men's Chorus,
Women's Choir, and College Choir, along
with the College Band and guest harpist,
presented selections of music from trad­itional
carol to contemporary folk num­bers.
The Art Department presented an
accompanying light and film show richly
depicting the birth of Christ as the per­fect
gift to man and the challenge of
each man giving to his brother from
himself.
"The Perfect Gift" sought to reach
into the community and assist the less
fortunate by asking the visiting aud­ience
and the college community to
bring a gift of non-perishable food
which the Student Senate distributed to
the Union Gospel Mission and commun­ities
in the St. Paul area.
Dr. Julius Whitinger, chairman of
the music department, estimated cumu­lative
attendance for the Friday night,
Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon
performances to be approximately 4500.
"After paying such expenses as rental
and maintenance of the fieldhouse, and
12:30 a.m.
Sun. thru Thurs.
gift~
dividing our profits with the Art Depart­ment,
we'll probably gain slightly less
than $1,000," Dr. Whitinger said "As all
this money goes back to students in the
form of scholarships, we often wish the
Festival could draw more money."
The Art Department began work on
their part of the Festival two months
ago by searching for pictures and paint­ings
appropriate for Christmas to be
'transformed into slides. During the
performance two slide projectors were
used, with a dissolving unit between
to fade pictures in and out.
"We didn't want the slides to be
merely illustrations for the music," ex��plained
Dale Johnson, Instructor in Art
who had a large part in · putting the
program together. "They were meant to
complement the music and perhaps tie
the program together by repetition of
slides in key places."
Finale for the program, "A Fantasy of
Carols," was written by Associate Pro­fessor
of Music C. Eddie Thomas. He
was assigned the project last spring of
composing a piece built on Christmas
carols with which to end the program.
"The piece was supposed to last 15
minutes, which meant it had to have
variety to sustain audience interest. My
main idea was to work together fam­iliar
carols in a way that would tell the
Christmas story in sequence," Mr. Thom­as
said.
"Actually, the carols fell together
fairly easily. I just heard them in my
mind. After listening to them over and
over again for so many years, it isn't
difficult to hear them, of course, so
that helped."
Another decision easy for Mr. Thomas
was to "make the ending of the Fantasy
very big.
"I didn't want the audience to have
any doubt as to when the end was com­ing.
I wanted it to be an inexpressible
experience that said in music what
we all believe as Christians," Mr. Thomas
explained.
Both departments expressed satisfac­tion
with the way the Festival went.
"I think our program this year re­ceived
an enthusiastic response," said
Dr. Whitinger. "We received 1,000 arti­cles
of non-perishable food and it turned
out to be the kind of community effort
we hoped it would be."
Coeval ~evil' in name only
by Mark Steward
A couple of weeks ago, another pile
of those publications entitled, "Coeval,"
appeared on a chair in the coffee shop.
I decided I would find out more about
this wierd, four-page, poetry mag, and
since rumor had it that Dave Heikkila
was responsible for it, I looked him up.
The first problem to be tackled was the
corny word, "Coeval." According to
Heikkila, who is the editor of the
Coeval, it means "contemporary, or to­gether
at the same time." Prior to 1962,
Bethel's literary publication was known
as the Acorn.
Although not funded during the last
school year, Heikkila said the Coeval
was granted $100, to cover printing
costs, under the student association
activities fund.
Heikkila, a junior English major,
said the Coeval's function is to entertain
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Bethel writers with public exp'Osure.
Heikkla said he is n'Ow accepting
sh'Ort st'Ory, essay, and p'Oetry submis­si'Ons,
especially th'Ose 'Of a religi'Ous
nature. The phil'Osophy 'Of what is ac­ceptable
changes fr'Om year to. year,
acc'Ording to. Heikkila, but a l'Ot 'Of the
phil'Os'Ophy is set by traditi'On.
"Each editor adds his 'Own flav'Or
but pe'Ople expect certain things," c'Om­mented
Heikkila. "F'Or example, Maur­ice
Zaffke, C'Oeval edit'Or during the
'69-'70 sch'O'Ol year, preferred sh'Orter
f'Orms, but I'm trying to' include all
f'Orms."
Describing the C'Oeval as "an exten­si'On
'Of life that permits the sharing 'Of
experiences," Heikkila said, "The C'Oeval
is an expressi'On 'Of what we are as
pe'Ople - including 'Our feelings and
s'Ouls. We take an h'Onest l'O'Ok at 'Our­selves
and share the experience in the
h'Ope 'Others might learn fr'Om it
"We h'Ope to' get 'Out an issue every
m'Onth this year but a l'Ot 'Of c'Ontrib­ut'Ors
graduated last year sO. we have
been sh'Ort 'On material. Barring pr'Ob­lems
such as lack 'Of material and lack
'Of time, we sh'Ould have an issue 'Out
during the last week 'Of every m'Onth.
We usually print between three and
f'Our hundred c'Opies 'Of each issue."
When asked ab'Out cens'Orship, Heikkila
said a limited type 'Of subjective cen­s'Orship
'Occurs to' c'Ontr'Ol the am'Ount
'Of physical and sensual material that
might be 'Offensive.
If y'Ou haven't read a C'Oeval bef'Ore,
watch the chairs in the c'Offee sh'Op f'Or
c'Opies and give it a try.
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£/ke SII(JW OUS/HeSS
by Marshall Shelley
All students want 'a maj'Or winter
s'Ocial activity acc'Ording to' a recent
survey taken by the campus c'O'Ordina­t'Or's
'Office three weeks ago..
Even th'Ough unanim'Ous supp'Ort was
expressed, there was a wide range 'Of
'Opini'Ons ab'Out what the Sn'O-Daze act­ivity
sh'Ould be.
Only 34 per cent 'Of th'Ose surveyed
wanted Sn'O-Daze to' remain the three­day
activity it was last year while 49
per cent wanted twO. days, 10 per cent
wanted 'One day and seven per cent
wanted m'Ore than three days.
Half 'Of the students didn't want a
Sn'O-Daze queen; 41 per cent did, and
nine per cent didn't care.
Many suggesti'Ons were 'Offered f'Or
p'Ossible activities. Ice and sn'Ow sculp­turing,
br'Oomball, sleigh and hayrides,
sledding, t'Ob'Ogganing, sn'Owm'Obiling and
a skiing party were the m'Ost frequently
'Offered p'Ossibilities.
Other ideas were a h'Ockey game, a
p'OP-drinking c'Ontest, roasting pigs 'Out­side,
r'Oller skating, iee skating on Lake
Valentine, a faculty-seni'Or basketball
game, a sn'Owball fight be,tween the
vari'Ous d'Orm fl'O'Ors and faculty, a
talent-skit show, 'Open d'Orms, tug-'Of­war,
sn'Owsh'Oe races and pIaying s'Occer
and f'O'Otball in the sn'Ow. A barn dance,
a treasure hunt, a m'Ovie, a banquet,
and a buffet supper with sn'Ow-c'Ones
f'Or dessert were 'Other suggesti'Ons.
A c'Ontest f'Or the guy with the sh'Ortest
hair, a st'Ory-telling contest, a snake
dance,a pancake eating c'Ontest, a tri­cycle
race, a beard c'Ontest, were sug­gested
as well as "every'One get t'Ogether
and make the biggest sn'Owman in the
w'Orld in the middle 'Of the campus."
Several pe'Ople requested n'Ot to' have
a date f'Or all three nights and to' have
inf'Ormal sessi'Ons. Others, h'Owever,
wanted a f'Ormal banquet in additi'On
to' the spring f'Ormal 'Occasi'On. Many
also. requested that musical talent 'On
campus be all'Owed to' perf'Orm m'Ore.
Bill Ankerberg said the survey did
have an effect 'On the planning 'Of this
year's Sn'O-Daze. Several suggesti'Ons f'Or
activities are being c'Onsidered f'Or use
. during Sn'O-Daze.
The campus c'O'Ordinat'Or also. said
Sn'O-Daze is n'Ow planned f'Or Feb. 10,
11 and 12. There will n'Ot be as much
emphasis 'On dating as in previ'Ous
years. The activities will be m'Ore infor­mal.
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